National Republican., 1887-11-14


stances on the part of the child, he with the
firmest discipline advances TO- the cutting
os OF s evil ncisSoSs The BOs
hope, and lei. not thy soul spare for his cry.
ing" Childish rago unchecKed wilt after u
while, become a hurricane, Childish petu-
lance will grow up into mlsanthrnpy. Childish
rebellion will develop into the lawiessness Of
riot and sedition. lfyou would ruin the child,
dance 20 his every caprice and stun him with
that boy Of six years win go down the street,
cigar in his mouth and ready on any
corner with his comrades to compare pugilis-
child 10 grow up without ever having learned
the great duty OF obedience and submission
has prepared a cup Of. burning gall for his own
lips and appealing destruction for his descend
ant. Remember Eli and his two sons Hophni
and Phinehas.
a second error prevalent in the trimming of
children Is laying out of q theory and follow.
ing y without arranging 1t to varieties of dis.
position. In every family you will find strik-
log differences Of temperament This child Is
misery, and that too wastefui; this to inao-
tive, end That too bolsterous. Now, tho farmer
who should plant corn and wheat and turnips
the hopper and grind them in the same mill,
would not be SO much Of a fool as the parents
who should attempt TO discipline and educate
needs a skillful hand TO adjust these checks
and balances. The rigidlty of government
which is necessary TO hold In this impetuous
sition, while the gentle reproof that would
suffice for the latter would, when used on the
former, pe like attempting to hold champing
Bucephalus with reins OF gossamer. God gives
us in the disposition of each child hint as to
how we ought to train him, and, as God in the
mental structure OF our children indicates what
mode of training is the best He also indicates In
the disposition their future occupation. DO
not write down that child as duh because It
may, not now be as brilliant as your other
children or as those of your neghbor. Some
OF the mightest men and women of the cen-
turtles had n stupid childhood. Thomas
Aquinas was called at school "the dumb OK"
genius and was called 'the angel of the
schools, and 'the eagle of Brittany" Kind.
ness and patience with child will conquer
almost anything. and they are virtues so
Christike that they are inspiring to look at
John Wesley's kiss OF child on the pulpit
stairs turned Matthias Joyce from profigate
The s third error preSalent In the training of
young children is the one-sided development
OF either the physical, ipteliectuab or moral
nature at the expense OF the Others, Those,
for instance, greatly mistake who, while they
are faithful in the intelle ctual and psoral cui
ture. Of children, forget the physical. The
Sisnped chest t that Comes from ftsS'S; too much ,GS
bending over school desks, the weak side re-
sulting from sedentariness OF habit, pale
children attest that physical development
iellectual and moral How DO you
child gets will look in shattered casket? And
csIse when Y is put INTO ieaSy shiPS How
ss srs G. wIa hdI S9s %hou e shGs hand s
What are trains worth without shoulders to
carry them2 What is child with magnificent
gonr a 9s az q Il sSsn The Rsf5 %oa ss @
@ health han0s,ffs Body from and energy @s n"tS te
twnnty- a N apf al n nj 40 hos
stuffed with Socrates, and Herodotus. and Ba-
con. and La Place, but no physical force TO sus.
tain him In the shock Of earthly conflicts.
have come out In life with genius that could
have piled ossa upon Pelion aud mounted
upon them to scale the heavens and have laid
down painting with physical exhaustion before
mole HILL They who might have thrilled
senates and marshalled armies and startled the
world with the shock OF their scientific bat
prescriptions for indigestion. They owned all
the tbunderbolts of Jupiter, but could not get
out Of their rockingham to ute them. George
and spelled hat "h-a-t.t," and a ream OF
paper he spelled "r-h-e-a-m," but he knew
enough to spell out the independence of this
ege of the schools Is important, but there are
other things quite as important,
Justa as great Is the wrong done when the
The youth of this day are seldom denied any
scholarly attainments. Our schools and semi.
naries i,ad are ever growing n etclenSy, and the
sna Ra The 'nS most 'psasss RsTeS
,sSry os,usspsss gives .,ro1 before
tors. But there is development ds'Uo Of
infinite importance which mathematics and
the dead languages cannot effect. The more
coupled with religious restraint. You discover sr
whist terrible power for evil acknowledgement
possesses when you see Scaliger with his
Of his time, and Blount, and Spinoza. and Bo-
lingbroke leadipgIther hosts of followers into
the all-consuming fires OF skepticism and In
fidelity. Whether knowledge IS mighty good
or an unmi iieated evil depends entirely upon
which course II takes The river rolling on
between round banks makes all the valley
laukh with golden wheat and rank grass, and
catching hold the wheel of mill and factory
whirls 1t with great industries. But, breaking
away from restraints and dashing over banks In
moorings and makes the valleys shrink with
the catastrophe Fire In the furnace heats the
house or drives the steamer; but, uncontrolled,
i, and in few hours half city viii lie in
black ruin-walls and towers, and churches,
and monuments. You must accompany the
education Of the intellect with the education
you child an enemy which will be blasting
and terrific. Better wicked Ounce than a
The fourth error often committed in the
training Of children is the suppression of child
ish sportfulness. The most Triumphant death
hs new hS q oeSTs
that he was at my house in Syracuse, and he
ran like deer. and his hailoo made the
moods eShC Snoi You could hear him COM
romp' ana laughter y and whistle Don't
put religion on your child as a straight,
Jacket beG Parents sf for go9%d
often lose their yivacity, and are estonished to
see how their children can act so thoughtlessly
Of the earnest world all about them. That g
chIld's soul. Instead of arresting its sport
fulness, go forth and help him trundle the
hoop, and fly the kite, and build the snow
carry a burden. that brow is too young TO be
wIinkled, those feet are TOO spr!ghtly 70 go
full. Let them romp and sing and laugh, and
go with rush and ahurrah. In this way they
gather mp surplus Of energy for future life
scowl, dragging his feet as though they were
weights and sitting down by the hour In mop
ing and grumbling prophesy life Of utter
robins in the air TIL they are silent as a bat,
and lecture the frisking lambs on the hillside
until they walk like old sheep rather than put
eXhilarent childhood in the stocks. -.
The hfth error In the training OF childhood
is the postponement OF Its moral culture until
too late. Multitudes OF children, because Of
their preeocity, have been urged into depths Of
intellects have been oyerburdened and over
strained and battered to pieces against Latin
grammars and algebras, and, coming forth
Into practical life, they will hardly rise to me-
diocrlty, and there IL now q stuffing and cram
ming system of education in the schools OF our
country that is deathful TO the teachers who have
to enforce 1t and destructive to the children who
must submit To the process. You find children
at 0 and 10 years of age with school lessons
only appropriate for children of 10. Ifchil-
dren are kept In school and studying from to
So'cl0ck, no home study, except music, ought
to be required OF them. Six. hours of study Is
enough for any child. The rest of the day
ought TO be devoted torecreation aud pure fun.
But You cannot begin too early the moral
You can look back upon your own life and re-
memher what mlphtv imnres ssinns Nnra mndn